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'Alien Nation was a science fiction film and television series. The series aired on Fox and was soon cancelled. The cliffhanger ending was resolved in the TV movies that eventually followed. Alien Nations premise is that a ship of aliens, all former slaves, crashlands on Earth. The interspecies conflicts that result as these "Newcomers" integrate into human society are meant to be a metaphor for real-life race relations in Los Angeles.

...almost immediately began to develop a strong following. Alien Nation panels appeared at science fictionconventions by late fall; an Alien Nation fan convention was held in February 1990. I encountered Alien Nationsongs at conventions by early 1990. A letterzine focused on the series, Newcomer News, debuted at MediaWest that spring as did a first-season episode guide (A Tenctonese Guide to the Universe) and calls for submission by a number of proposed Alien Nationfanzines (Alien Relations, Fresh Beaver Tails, The San Francisco Treat, Slags Are People Too), many of which planned to appear by fall of that year. ... the Alien Nation panel at the 1990 MediaWest convention attracted the highest attendance of any event as large numbers of established fans wanted to see what type of fan culture would develop around this still new series. Newcomer News sold out of its first printing early in the convention and its editors had to locate a local printshop which could produce new copies to satisfy the unexpected demand for this Alien Nation letterzine. All of this excitement was generated by a program that remained at the bottom of the Nielsen Ratings and was canceled by the network at the end of its first season. As soon as its cancelation was announced, the fan community was able to mobilize a campaign for its return, though their efforts have so far produced no tangible results.[1]

Fanfic

There were only a handful of slash stories written, but those were generally Matt/George or Matt/Marvin Gardens, the latter of who was a one-shot Newcomer character from the show who, under the influence of an aphrodisiac/bonding chemical, fell in love with Matt.